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• José Carlos Zamboni

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God Only Knows

Shuffle iq = qK e

Vocals (3, + optional voices on last system)

q = 120 more and less

THE BEACH BOYS

Intro

    

no bass

A

Verse 1

 D/A   

   

E/B

E



A



add bass

E



A



 3          



Bm6

I may not





A/F#



but long as there are

You nev - er

E/B

need to doubt it,

A

Verse 2

 D/A   

E/G#

Bm6

If you should ev - er



F#m

leave me,

Chorus

   

A

'n' God on - ly

E/B

3

knows

3

 3   3

C#m/A#

so what good would

    what I'd

be

 

with - out

F#m

3

 

you.

liv - ing do me?





Instrumental

 A/E  



G/A



A/E





on, be - lieve me,

     

E/G#



Instruments, in octaves

though life would still go

Cdim

     

N/C

B7/A             

3  3   3   3         The world could show no-thing to me,

E/B

sure a - bout it.

       

F#m

            

       

C#m/A#

I'll make you so

3                     3  'n' God on - ly knows what I'd be with - out you.

Chorus

B/F# C/G

stars a - bove you,

          3   3  Cdim

3

        

A/E

          B7/A     

F#m

al - ways love you,

E/G#

G/A



Lead sings staff 1





(Of interest: The chords of the Bridge/Chorus are just Verse/Chorus transposed)

  G/D  

Bridge Lead (Carl)

Em6



      

        

Bm/F#



Bm

2

E7/D

n' doo doo doo doo doo da hih doo doo doo The vowels of this middle staff are less specific than as written. Sing sleepy, with big glissandos.

    Pointed  (Al?)  

Very airy (Dennis?)



   



 

Huh





Huh



uh



(lowest voice resolves to this note) D Lead (Carl)

A/C#                 3  and God on - ly knows what I'd be

Verse 3

 D/A   

    

E/B

             Bm6

If you should ev - er

     3

 

ooh

      

   

   

E/G#

3

what I'd

doo doo doo

Ooh

  

  

pa ba

 

be

dooh

  



pa

  





you.

 3   3

C#m/A#

so what good would

with - out



on, be - lieve me,

3





you.

       



ooh

B7/A            

F#m





ba

Bm

with - out

E/B

3

no - thing to me,

knows

F#m/D#

    

though life would still go

    3

The world could show

God on - ly



F#m

leave me,

Cdim

Chorus

 A   





Ba pa ba pa ba pa

Fdim A/E    A/E               Lead    doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo           Airy   Ooh Ooh            Pointed        ba pa ba pa ba pa ba pa ba pa ba

Chorus





liv - ing do me?



E/G#



3

  A  Carl   p  Bruce   

Choruses out

      

E/G#

   

God on - ly knows

F#m

3



you.

mf

God on - ly knows

E/G# F#m   A              Carl  3  f and God on - ly knows what I'd be with - out    Bruce      you.       3   Brian    mf what good I'd be with - out

      3

   









what I'd be with - out



E/G#

what I'd be with - out

E/G#







you.

    3

    God on - ly knows

 

what I'd be

 

with - out

   3

f God on - ly

you.

In some versions of this song, the instruments have now finished fading out and two Optional vocal staves are added

  Carl    Bruce     Brian   

Vamp out (build up, then fade down)

   A

 

  

and God on -ly knows

 

      mf Ooh Optional staff        mf Bop bop Optional staff

F#m

what I'd be with out







you.

   3

knows

       3

E/G#

what I'd

 

  

 

bop

bop



 be

you.

 

 

God on -ly knows

 

 





 

 

bop bop bop bop

       3

  

 

bop bop bop

   

what I'd be with - out

you.

 









with - out

  

E/G#

3

God on - ly





 

       



bop

bop bop bop bop